| Description |
xxii, 678 pages : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Song in a Strange Land 1619-1775. 1. The African Legacy. 2. The Colonial Era -- Pt. 2. Let My People Go 1776-1865. 3. Two Wars and the New Nation. 4. Antebellum Urban Life. 5. Antebellum Rural Life. 6. The War Years and Emancipation -- Pt. 3. Blow Ye the Trumpet 1865-1919. 7. After the War. 8. The New Century. 9. Precursors of Jazz -- Pt. 4. Lift Every Voice 1920-1996. 10. The Jazz Age. 11. The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond. 12. The Mid-Century Decades. 13. Singers, Instrumentalists, and Composers. 14. Currents in Contemporary Arenas |
| Summary |
Beginning with the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity, which has not only played a vital role in the lives of black Americans but has also deeply influenced music performance in the United States and many other parts of the world. Dr. Southern fully chronicles the singers, instrumentalists, and composers who created this rich body of music and skillfully describes the genres and styles that characterize it from its earliest manifestations among a people in slavery to the rap beat of the late twentieth century. Along the way, she covers numerous topics - such as Colonial-Era music, Revolutionary War performers, church music, minstrelsy, ragtime, swing, concert music, soul, pop, and opera - bringing them to life and placing them in their historical and cultural contexts |
| Bibliography |
Discography: pages 645-646 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-645) and index |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
96028811 |
| ISBN |
0393038432 |
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0393971414 (paperback) |
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9780393038439 |
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9780393971415 |
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